Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearAverage Prison Sentence Comparison

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Judge

District

Compared To District

U.S.

Compared To U.S.

Latest Fiscal Year

311.8

133.8

133%

65.3

377%

Previous Fiscal Year

27.0

52.0

-

65.9

-

Past 5 Years

152.9

81.5

87.5%

67.6

126%

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearAverage Prison Sentence Comparison

For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited
to Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the
average prison sentence was 311.8 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts".
This number is 133.0% higher than the
average prison sentence for all the Eastern District of Louisiana matters disposed in the same period. At
the same time, the judge's average prison sentence was 377.3%
higher than the typical 2012 sentence for the nation as a whole.
During the current fiscal year, Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman has
sentenced 10 defendants
compared with 3 defendants during the twelve months
of the previous fiscal year.

Focusing on a five-year period, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants
that were credited to Judge Feldman was 152.9 months. This was
87.5% higher than the 81.5 months typical
in Louisiana East and 126.2% higher than
the 67.6 months average prison sentence for the nation.
Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman sentenced 35 defendants during the past five years.

(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences
statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is
important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled,
available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)

Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Average Prison Sentencein Months

Figure 1 compares Judge Feldman's numbers to those for judges in this district and
in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.

During the last five years there were 10 other judges in the Eastern District of Louisiana with information
on convictions during that period.
Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges
ranged from 39.5 months to 108.7 months, putting Judge Feldman's average prison sentence
of 152.9 months at the higher end of the range.
The average prison sentence
for the whole Eastern District of Louisiana during that time was 81.5 months.

Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Professional Biography

Born 1934 in St. Louis, MO

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

Nominated by Ronald Reagan on September 12, 1983, to a seat vacated by Jack M. Gordon; Confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1983, and received commission on October 5, 1983.

Professional Career:
U.S. Army Reserve captain, JAG Corps, 1957-1963Law clerk, Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1957-1959Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1959-1983

Program Areas of Cases Handled

Cases disposed of by Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman for the past five years fell into a number
of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Weapons accounting for 97.1% of cases.

Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled

The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman for the past five years
was the Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury). It accounted for 97.1% of all cases.